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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
97th edition. Standard reference for physical and chemical properties of matter. Includes physical constants; units and conversion factors; nomenclature; properties of solids, fluids and gases; and much more.

Dates of Coverage: Varies

Common Chemistry / Wikipedia
Freely-available CAS Registry Numbers for approximately 7,900 chemicals of widespread general public interest.
Sigma-Aldrich Catalogue
Commercial catalog. Handy for looking up CAS Registry numbers and MSDS.
ChemSpider
A freely-available, crowdsourced chemical structure database.
Chemistry LibreTexts

SciFinder - Chemical Abstracts (First Time Users)
A research discovery application that provides integrated access to references, substances and reactions in chemistry and related sciences.

Dates of Coverage: Mostly 1907 - Current
Minimal Coverage: ACS (1879-1906), RSC (1841-1906), Chemisches Zentralblatt (1897-1906)
SciFinder - Chemical Abstracts (Registered Users)
A research discovery application that provides integrated access to references, substances and reactions in chemistry and related sciences.

Dates of Coverage: Mostly 1907 - Current
Minimal Coverage: ACS (1879-1906), RSC (1841-1906), Chemisches Zentralblatt (1897-1906)
Web of Science
Contains data, books, journals, proceedings or patents on multidisciplinary scientific research. Includes Cited Reference Searching to find articles cited in a previously published work.

Dates of Coverage: 1864 - Current

SciFinder Need-To-Know (YouTube playlist)
A helpful series of videos from CAS about how to use SciFinder.
SciFinder Help
Help with using specific features of SciFinder.
SciFinder Training
In-depth tutorials and training for various tasks in SciFinder.
Searching Inorganic Substances in SciFinder
Article from 2011 in Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship by A. Ben Wagner. A detailed, comprehensive overview of how to search for inorganic substances in SciFinder.
Inorganic Searching Quick Reference Table
Handy cheat sheet for inorganic searching in SciFinder, created by A. Ben Wagner and included as an appendix in his ISTL article about inorganic substance searching.
Searching Coordination and Organometallic Compounds in SciFinder
Article from 2011 in Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship by A. Ben Wagner. A detailed overview of how to search for coordination and organometallic compounds in SciFinder.
SciFinder Scholar 2006: An Empirical Analysis of Research Topic Query Processing
A 2006 article in the Journal of Chemical Information Modelling by A. Ben Wagner. Discusses the natural language processing algorithms used in SciFinder's research topic search.